National Dolphin Day; Publication of Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace, by Carl Safina; The Dolphin, by Oliver Herford.

Birthday of Alan Clark; Birthday of Milo Runkle; Publication of Why Veganism Matters: The Moral Value of Animals, by Gary Francione; April, by Sara Teasdale.

Hamster Day; National Licorice Day; Publication of Green is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, by Will Potter; The Licorice Fields At Pontefract, by Sir John Betjeman.

National Catch and Release Day; Publication of Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment, by Justin Marceau; Fish, by Elizabeth Bishop.

National Farmed Animals Day; Birthday of Daisy Ridley; Humanity, by William Wordsworth.

Jumbo Day; A Prayer, by Saengduean Lek Chailert.

National Dog Fighting Awareness Day; National Zoo Lovers’ Day; Forget the Camel: The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say about Being Human, by Elizabeth MeLampy; Captivity, by Amy Levy.

International Beaver Day; Publication of In Search of the Wild Tofurky: How a Business Misfit Pioneered Plant-Based Foods Before They Were Cool, by Seth Tibbott; Publication of The New Sentience: Reimagining Animal Poetry, edited by Ashley Capps and Allison Titus; Over in the Meadow.